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Butt Out, Baby!7 - The Borscht BeltHistory of the Catskills and Borscht Belt comedy.
+ Last of the Mohicans
+ Growing up in Liberty, NY
+ The difference between Borscht Belt humour and observational comedy
+ The gendered implications of telling a dirty joke
Works used and mentioned:
Red Nation podcast episode about Last of the Mohicans
The Catskills; from wilderness to Woodstock by Alf Evers
The Catskills: its history and how it changed America by Stephen Silverman and Raphael D. Silver
In the Catskills: a century of Jewish experience in the mountains edited by Phil Brown
It happened in the Cat...2024-12-021h 19
Butt Out, Baby!Dirty Debrief Scene 6Debrief episodes are for listener feedback on the previous scene and the hows and whys of making a podcast like this. In this episode:
Extra stuff from scene 6: changes from screenplay, my experience in Guyana & light peace corps gossip, pronouncing miscegenation, cakewalks (!!), learning new dances
Craft notes: how Eric Etheridge found the quotes for his Freedom Rider book, using outdated terms, plagiarism and AI
Sources used:
Moon River in Sex and the City
SNCC button
Doris Kearns Goodwin NY Times by the book
Dresden Story NFB
Idaho mi...2024-06-0548 min
Butt Out, Baby!6 - Showing Off With Each Other (Part 2)Tito tap dances while Johnny and Penny do the mambo.
+ Famous tap dancer, Honi Coles
+ The history of tap and minstrelsy
+ Shirley Temple (drink and person)
+ Why some dance is authorized at Kellerman's and some is not
+ The history of Latin American dance in American movies
+ Is Dirty Dancing kinda gay?
Works used and mentioned:
How to Make a Shirley Temple
Blackface: The Birth of An American Stereotype
PBS: Blackface Minstrelsy
Blacking Up: The Minstrel Show in Nineteenth-Century America by Robert C. Tol...2024-03-261h 15
Butt Out, Baby!6 - Showing Off With Each Other (Part 1)At the evening dance in the Kellerman's "playhouse," Baby and Neil show off their politics.
+ High status US colleges
+ Peace Corps in the 60s
+ More on Bull Conner in Birmingham
+ The white Freedom Riders
Works used and mentioned:
Breach of Peace: Portraits of the 1961 Mississippi Freedom Riders by Eric Etheridge
Behind the Magic Curtain: Secrets, Spies and Unsung White Allies of Birmingham’s Civil Rights Days by TK Thorne
What You Can Do for Your Country: An Oral History of the Peace Corps by Karen Schwarz
2024-01-271h 03
Butt Out, Baby!Bonus, Baby! A conversation about notes on creative workOver a year ago my friend Andrew interviewed me for his top-notch podcast, Goodest Notes. For various reasons it got lost to the sands of time until now! Listen for:
+ The story of my use of fanfic in a dark time
+ Tips I heard on a writing podcast years ago and have never forgot
+ Writing stereotypes and unpacking the note "you don't need to show your work"
+ Hear me fumble through questions I hadn't prepared answers for!
Goodest Notes podcast
Goodest Notes was created by Andrew Shenkman and Drew Tho...2023-10-0136 min
Butt Out, Baby!Dirty Debrief Scene 5Debrief episodes are for listener feedback on the previous scene and the hows and whys of making a podcast like this. In this episode:
Finding Nice Jewish Boy media icons in strange places
How to deal with plosives in your recordings
A novel recommendation
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Music by Claire Whitehead
2023-09-0417 min
Butt Out, Baby!5 - Jewish MatchmakingAt dinnertime, Lisa and Baby are presented with Bachelor number 1 and 2. Featuring Mari Cohen of Jewish Currents.
+ Learning about the terms Jewish American Princess and Nice Jewish Boy
+ The politics of "Jewish continuity"
+ The parental scolding line, "There are starving children in..."
+ My dislike of white tablecloths
Mari and Jewish Currents works mentioned:
One the Nose podcast, "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Jewish Matchmaking"
Mari's review of the Lox Club dating app
For your scene 5 thoughts: ellie@buttoutbaby.com
Follow the...2023-07-271h 06
Butt Out, Baby!Dirty Debrief Scene 4Debrief episodes are for listener feedback on the previous scene and the hows and whys of making a podcast like this. In this episode:
BAD BOYS like Johnny, Han Solo, John Bender from Breakfast Club, Derek from Save the Last Dance
What "college boy" means.
How to promote (or not) an indie podcast
Podcast The Newsletter
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ellie@buttoutbaby.com
Music by Claire Whitehead
2023-05-1125 min
Butt Out, Baby!4 - Peeping JohnnyBaby gets her first glimpse into the class structure at Kellerman's ft. Morgan & Isabeau of Whoa!mance
+ Johnny being attractive and gracefully insolent
+ The female gaze
+ The strange all-inclusive guest experience of Kellerman's
+ How bad boy romance leads are introduced and whether Dirty Dancing qualifies as a romance at all!
Whoa!mance: a weekly podcast about Romance Novels and Ourselves
For your scene 4 thoughts: ellie@buttoutbaby.com
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Fashion commentary by visual artist, Christy Kunitzky
Music by Claire Whiteh...2023-04-1450 min
Butt Out, Baby!Dirty Debrief Scene 3Debrief episodes are for listener feedback on the previous scene and the hows and whys of making a podcast like this. In this episode:
The harms of misusing science in persuasive arguments
Lots of craft talk about interviews! Including a cringey clip from my past
Resources mentioned:
Ira Glass on pulling out big ideas in an interview
All My Relations podcast episode, "Telling True Stories in a Good Way"
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ellie@buttoutbaby.com
Music by Claire Whitehead
2023-03-2319 min
Butt Out, Baby!3 - Dancing in the GazeboThe Houseman's participate in a merengue dance class led by a vibrant and confident dance instructor named Penny. Featuring an interview with a real life dancer and dance instructor.
+ Western culture's relationship to dance
+ Baby's awkwardness pt. 1
+ Mrs. Schumacher being a deviant
+ The Rockettes and the gender pay gap
+ Ingénue (not the k.d. lang album, tho it's mentioned)
Marea is not just a dancer/dance instructor, she's also a writer and actor. Check her out if you're in New Zealand!
For your scene 3 though...2023-03-0159 min
Butt Out, Baby!Dirty Debrief Scene 2Debrief episodes are for listener feedback on the previous scene and the hows and whys of making a podcast like this. In this episode:
Three stories about the Jim Crow era that felt special enough to share but had to be cut from the last episode
The ethics of paying documentary subjects
Why I hate the phrase "kill your darlings"
Plus I go on a journey with some tea biscuits
Resources mentioned (and others that were used):
Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-1963 by Taylor Branch
Law, Society, Identity and th...2023-01-2545 min
Butt Out, Baby!2 - A Real TragedyJake and Baby school Lisa on what defines a "real" tragedy which led me on a long journey into the history of Jim Crow. Featuring an interview on the Southern Jewish experience with author TK Thorne.
+ Walk Like A Hieroglyph
+ With what to wear with coral shoes?
+ A very mysterious joke
+ The moral authority of Jake Housman
TK's book:
Behind the Magic Curtain: Secrets, Spies and Unsung White Allies of Birmingham’s Civil Rights Days by TK Thorne
tkthorne.com
Other resources:
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Butt Out, Baby!Dirty Debrief Scene 1Debrief episodes will be the place to discuss listener feedback on each scene and the hows and whys of making a podcast like this. This is for the craft nerds! Also, discussed was my struggle to define liberalism and you'll hear me learn the definition of "equivocate" in real time!
Articles I reference about witch trails:
Interview with Rivka Galchen
Spectral Evidence
And History Chicks episode where I learned about Sojourner Truth
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2022-11-1420 min
Butt Out, Baby!1 - Meet the Summer of 1963The very first full scene and it's a doozy! Listen to me marvel at the efficiency of the opening voiceover and learn how truly nerdy this podcast is going to be.
For your scene 1 thoughts: ellie@buttoutbaby.com
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Music by Claire Whitehead
2022-10-2940 min